Bill Text: TX HB3055 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the restrictions on political activities for a county elections administrator.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3055 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3055-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3055

AN ACT
relating to the restrictions on political activities for a county
elections administrator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.035, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] county
elections administrator may not be a candidate for a public office
or an office of a political party, hold a public office, or hold an
office of or position in a political party. At the time an
administrator becomes a candidate or accepts an office or position
in violation of this subsection, the administrator vacates the
position of administrator.
(d) For a county with a population of less than 1,000, the
county elections administrator may hold or be a candidate for a
public office if:
(1) no part of the jurisdiction of the office is
located in the county where the person serves as the elections
administrator; and
(2) any election for that office is a nonpartisan
election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3055 was passed by the House on April
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 3 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3055 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor